World Malaria Day 2021: In the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic (Blog)
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A world without malaria is within reach. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic threatens progress in the fight against malaria. This year's World Malaria Day on 25 April 2021 will draw attention to the [...] the fact that further efforts are needed to achieve the goal of a malaria-free world.
New Modelling Project Launched to Support National Malaria Control Programmes (News)
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application of malaria models, with a focus on the OpenMalaria modelling platform. OpenMalaria is a decision-making tool that was by developed by Swiss TPH to simulate dynamics of malaria transmission and [...] Great achievements have been made in the fight against malaria, saving more than eight million lives and preventing over one-and-a-half billion malaria cases. However, one billion people still live at risk [...] Foundation, to support National Malaria Control Programmes (NMCPs) in their...
Shaping the Next-generation of Interventions for Malaria Prevention (News)
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substantially reducing the number of malaria cases since 2000, malaria remains a major public health concern. In 2019, there were an estimated 229 million cases of malaria worldwide according to the World [...] (WHO). Worryingly, in some countries, malaria is even on the rise. Children under five are particularly vulnerable. In 2019, they accounted for 67% (274,000) of all malaria deaths worldwide. Pregnant women [...] for malaria prevention. The project aims to fill the gaps that still remain...
Swiss TPH Re-designated as WHO Collaborating Centre for Expertise in Malaria (News)
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world free from malaria." An expert hub for malaria Within the Collaborating Centre, Swiss TPH will improve modelling methodologies that contribute towards malaria prevention and advance malaria control and [...] WHO Global Malaria Programme. "The institute's long-term expertise in malaria research, control and elimination will be highly valuable in supporting the WHO to implement its work on malaria prevention [...] Monitoring and Training for Malaria Control and Elimination The Collaborating...
Analysis of 20 Years Finds Malaria Control in Young Children Saves Lives into Adulthood (News)
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particularly unusual and provides unique insight into the long-term benefits of malaria control in young children. Malaria killed more than 600,000 people in 2020 and is especially dangerous for children [...] bites. In malaria-endemic areas, sleeping under a bed net treated with insecticide is one of the most effective ways to protect young lives. Until now, however, the long-term effect of malaria control in [...] in early childhood has been unclear. Theory suggested that preventing malaria in...
Malaria eradication requires more than magic bullets (Page)
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From 2000-2021, 1.5 billion malaria cases and 7.6 million malaria deaths have been averted. This should be a strong motivator to up our collective game. The road ahead for malaria elimination was well summarized [...] However, malaria transmission remains intense and devastating in some parts of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. "Clearly, a change is required to reach the ultimate goal of malaria eradication [...] the impressive successes of malaria control from 2000-2015 in endemic...
There is no excuse for the world to still have malaria (Page)
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Carine Weiss talks to Professor Christian Lengeler about his passion for malaria research and how the current pandemic is affecting malaria prevention and treatment. Listen to the podcast now. Professor Christian [...] of tropical diseases, with a strong focus on malaria. Among other things, he worked on the development of insecticide treated nets (ITNs) as a means of malaria control and has been involved in the establishment [...] the Swiss Malaria Group , which brings together research...
Malaria Modelling Resource Centre (Page)
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Malaria Modelling Resource Centre Course in Malaria Modelling The Malaria Modelling Resource Centre provides an outreach and response capacity to the malaria intervention community. Our aim is to make [...] to the wider malaria research-, development-, and implementation communities, and to respond to specific requests for advice. The Resource Centre is built around the use of the OpenMalaria modelling platform [...] platform. An introduction to the use of malaria models is presented as part of...
Malaria Host Interactions (Page)
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Unit | Malaria Host Interactions Medical Parasitology and Infection Biology Malaria Host Interactions The Malaria Host Interactions Unit is studying the molecular interface between malaria parasites and [...] sensing of malaria parasites. We are combining our expertise in P. falciparum cell culture with diverse reverse genetics approaches and phenotypic readouts to reach this aim. Identification of Malaria Trans [...] future transmission-blocking interventions. Development of Enzyme-Based Malari...
First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO (Page)
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first for malaria — it is the first developed for any parasitic disease. This day was made possible through decades-long research and teaching commitments to advance malaria eradication. Malaria remains [...] disease,” said Christian Lengeler, a malaria epidemiologist at Swiss TPH and President of the Swiss Malaria Group. “With a moderate efficacy of 30% of severe malaria cases, the new vaccine still makes a [...] First Malaria Vaccine Recommended for Children by the WHO 07.10.2021 Yesterday,...